An update on political advertising in the European Union - https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/political-advertising-in-eu/ "#Google will stop serving political advertising in the EU ahead of new regulation in October 2025." Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising #TTPA #eu

#Canada passes new right to repair rules with the same old problem - https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/12/canada_right_to_repair/ "No mention of how to get the tools to bypass software locks means owner still legally beholden to OEMs" utterly useless non-solution #drm #copyright

We Need To Fight For #FreeSpeech More Than Ever - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/07/we-need-to-fight-for-free-speech-more-than-ever/ and @mmasnick is on it... #trump

Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children #reading for pleasure - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/05/report-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure-national-literacy-trust "National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time, a sharp drop on last year to the lowest figure yet recorded"

Israeli assault has caused ‘apocalyptic’ situation in northern Gaza, UN warns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/un-northern-gaza-israel "entire population of northern Gaza ‘at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence’" also demonstrates #israel's continuing failure, despite horrendous civilian losses in #gaza

#Wikipedia Goes Live for Five Languages through the Future of Language Incubation Initiative - https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/10/31/wikipedia-goes-live-for-five-languages-through-the-future-of-language-incubation-initiative/

21,000 laborers so far dead building #NEOM, #SaudiArabia's futuristic city in the desert - https://boingboing.net/2024/10/31/21000-laborers-so-far-dead-building-saudi-arabias-futuristic-city-in-the-desert.html "Locals have been violently evicted from traditional lands, and workers are faring even worse, according to a new documentary."

‘Israel is trying to erase our presence’: Palestinians say ‘generals’ plan’ to clear north Gaza is under way - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/26/israel-generals-plan-clear-north-gaza-palestinians then they will do the centre, then the south, then #gaza won't exist #israel

Want to feel old? #Excel just entered its 40th year - https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/excel_enters_its_40th_year/ I was given a private demo of the Excel beta by some #Microsoft bloke - Bill Gates I think his name was. I wonder what happened to him...

Moldovans back joining the #EU by razor-thin majority -
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/21/moldova-vote-join-eu-razor-thin-majority frighteningly narrow, shows the malign power of putin here... #moldova

Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/17/tesco-signs-deal-to-buy-enough-solar-energy-to-power-144-large-stores "Supermarket will buy almost two-thirds of the energy generated by the new £450m Cleve Hill solar park in Kent" more like this needed